--- emerge	2006-07-12 15:47:46.000000000 -0400
+++ emerge	2006-07-12 15:47:11.000000000 -0400
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 "--fetchonly",    "--fetch-all-uri",
 "--getbinpkg",    "--getbinpkgonly",
 "--help",         "--ignore-default-opts",
-"--noconfmem",
+"--fulldeps",     "--noconfmem",
 "--newuse",       "--nocolor",
 "--nodeps",       "--noreplace",
 "--nospinner",    "--oneshot",
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@
 		add.extend(["selective"])
 	if "--deep" in myopts:
 		add.extend(["deep"])
+	if "--fulldeps" in myopts:
+		add.append("fulldeps")
 	if "--selective" in myopts:
 		add.extend(["selective"])
 	if myaction in ["world","system"]:
@@ -754,7 +756,7 @@
 		for i in xrange(len(depkeys)):
 			edepend[depkeys[i]] = depvalues[i]
 
-		if mytype == "binary":
+		if mytype == "binary" and "fulldeps" not in self.myparams:
 			edepend["DEPEND"] = ""
 		elif mytype == "ebuild":
 			if "--buildpkgonly" in self.myopts: